Pitcher

Artist:Ancestral Pueblo

Medium: Clay, slip

Geograhical Locations:

• Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, United States

Dates:900–1300 C.E.

Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 7 in. (16.5 x 17.8 cm)

Collections:

• Arts of the Americas

Accession Number: 02.256.2263

Catalogue Description:
Handled pitcher decorated in black on a white slip. Bulbous body with a wide neck and flat handle. Neck design is zig-zag and straight lines with dashes around the rim. Body design is interlocking, stepped, solid and hatched. There is a plain band of white where the neck joins the body. Large chip missing from the rim. Fine crack runs from this chip to body where there is a hole approximately 1 1/2 inches long and 1/8 inch wide. Surface has brownish substance adhering to it especially on bottom.

Brooklyn Museum